ballach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish ballach. By surface analysis, ball (“spot, mark”) + -ach.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Connacht) IPA(key): [ˈbˠal̪ˠəx]
- (Ulster) IPA(key): [ˈbˠal̪ˠax], [ˈbˠal̪ˠah], [ˈbˠal̪ˠa]
- Hyphenation: bal‧lach
Adjective[edit]
ballach (genitive singular masculine ballaigh, genitive singular feminine ballaí, plural ballacha, comparative ballaí)
Declension[edit]
Declension of ballach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | ballach | bhallach | ballacha; bhallacha² | |
Vocative | bhallaigh | ballacha | ||
Genitive | ballaí | ballacha | ballach | |
Dative | ballach; bhallach¹ |
bhallach; bhallaigh (archaic) |
ballacha; bhallacha² | |
Comparative | níos ballaí | |||
Superlative | is ballaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun[edit]
ballach m (genitive singular ballaigh, nominative plural ballaigh)
Declension[edit]
Declension of ballach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
ballach | bhallach | mballach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ballach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ballach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “ballach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “ballach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish ballach. By surface analysis, ball (“spot, mark”) + -ach.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: bal‧lach
Adjective[edit]
ballach
Derived terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
ballach | bhallach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ballach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Categories:
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach
- Irish nouns suffixed with -ach
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish adjectives
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish first-declension nouns
- ga:Wrasses
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic adjectives suffixed with -ach
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic adjectives